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Chapter 4. Driver Installation
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To create a Red Hat Linux driver install diskette
1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system.
2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware
Disks button.
3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for
the driver disk you want to create.
A confirmation window opens.
4 Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the Yes button to begin
creating the driver floppy diskette.
Note:
If you need to create a Linux driver diskette for a Linux distribution other that
what is available on the menu, see 3ware knowledgebase article 14546
www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546
To get the kernel driver module
If you only need the kernel driver module, you can get it in one of two ways:
• Browse the 3ware CD to
appropriate kernel driver modules for your distribution release.
Or
• Follow the steps above to create a driver install diskette from the menu.
Extract the kernel driver module from the modules.cgz file, using this
command:
zcat modules.cgz|cpio -idvm
Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while
Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
Note:
If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another drive, turn to
"Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux
System that Boots From a Different Device" on page 44.
Note:
We have tested some older systems where a drive connected to the
motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID
controller as a boot device. Disconnecting the drive while installing Linux will
eliminate this problem. After Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected.
/packages/drivers/linux
3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
http://
and copy the